Samuel Laird Forster

1801 - 1860  (58 years)

• Name	Samuel Laird Forster  [1]
  Birth	8 Aug 1801	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1860	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I4644	MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery and Martha Finley
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Colonel Thomas Forster, Sr,   b. 16 May 1762, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jun 1836, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Pettit Montgomery,   b. Jul 1766, Georgetown, Kent, Maryland, USA d. 27 Jul 1808, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Oct 1786  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F2917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane H Benedict
  Family ID	F2989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Aug 1801 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 1860 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541 Volume I, Chapter X, The Newspapers Volume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family. [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327. [S691] DAR Ancestor A079043, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Montgomery.